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TP049 Retrospect
Larry Sitsky (piano)
$23 (Australian dollars)
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Larry Sitsky is known throughout Australia as a composer. He is also one of the best pianists, and he has a healthy respect for the work of his fellow Australians. Here he plays pre-war miniatures with evident affection. |
CONTENTS
Mirrie Hill | Waltz |
Alfred Hill | Retrospect Highland Air Berceuse Valse Triste One came Fluting The Broken Ring Quiet River |
Dorian le Gallienne | Nocturne |
Margaret Sutherland | Two Choral Preludes : I. Herzliebster Jesu II. Jesu, meine Freude |
Percy Grainger | Beautiful Fresh Flower |
Louis Lavater | Valse Capricieuse Valse Elegante |
Iris de Cairos-Rego | Canzonetta The Waltz Caprice Tarrel (A Highland Song) Arabesque in A Minor |
Frank Hutchens | Gavotte Brillante Evening In a Boat Prelude in B Major Weeping Mist (A Legend) The Enchanted Isle |
Roy Agnew | Prelude No. 1 Prelude No. 2 Prelude No. 3 (The Wind) Prelude No. 4 Sea Surge Album Leaf |
REVIEWS
Larry Sitsky's laudable collection appeals and succeeds on a number of levels. Firstly it commits to CD a chunk of the local piano repertory that is often snubbed – the bagatelle-like miniature. Secondly, it mines the unstable area of early 20th century Australian music. And lastly, Sitsky's coruscating pianism – some of the pretty but unimportant music here would have been hard to argue for were it not for his piano-playing.
Lyle Chan. Soundscapes April-May 1996
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